Ruwais

ADIAS team measures the 2.54 metre long tusk of Stegotetrabelodon syrticus (Photograph by Dr Mark Beech)		ADIAS team examines the surface of the Ruwais site for traces of fossils (Photograph by Dr Mark Beech)

Conservation of the elephant tusk from Ruwais by Nigel Larkin

New fossil pictures from Ruwais

Reconstructing Stegotetrabelodon syrticus - compilation of pictures of Stegotetrabelodon, Tetrabelodon, Gomphothere, Tetralophodon, Trilophodon and Platybelodon - which we are using to aid our construction of a model. Also includes reconstructions of Miocene landscapes, and related web links.

Late Miocene Fossils of Abu Dhabi - visit the website, hosted by ADIAS, which was created by Peter J. Whybrow and Andrew Hill documenting the Natural History Museum-Yale University Abu Dhabi Miocene Project.

30 November 2002 - TAKREER backs fossil research at Ruwais - part 1 - part 2 (Source: WAM) - read about how Takreer is sponsoring ADIAS's work on Miocene fossils in Abu Dhabi.

1 December 2002 - Move to protect fossil site (Source: Gulf News) and Research on fossils gets boost (Source: Khaleej Times) - read about how Takreer is sponsoring ADIAS's work on Miocene fossils in Abu Dhabi.

8 January 2003 -


8 million year old elephant tusk discovered (Source: Al Bayan - in Arabic)

Fossil tusk stuns experts (Source: Gulf News)

Largest elephant tusk found (Source: Khaleej Times)

Abu Dhabi: 2,54 Meter langer Stoßzahn gefunden (Source: der Standard , Austria - in German)

Encontrada presa de elefante de 6 milhões de anos (Source: terra.com.br, Brazil - in Portugese)

Hallan colmillo gigante de elefante de 6 millones años (Source: 24horas.cl, Chile - in Spanish)

Sechs Millionen Jahre alter Elefantenstoßzahn entdeckt (Source: wissenschaft-online, Germany - in German)

V OAE Naiden Biveni slona, zhivego 8 million let nazad (Source: Grani, Russia - in Russian)

Descubren colmillo gigante de elefante de más seis millones años (Source: Union Radio, Venezuela - in Spanish)

18-19 January 2003 - Article about the discovery of the fossil elephant tusk in Ruwais (Source: Al Quds Al Arabi, Vol.14, issue 4250 - in Arabic)

1 February 2003 - Giant tusk found in desert - [ download as jpg files: cover & page 2 ] (Source: University of York magazine)

5 February 2003 - Ancient Elephant Tusk Found Near Ruwais (Source: Takreer News - Special Issue: Takreer and the Environment - Issue No. 39, February 2003) [ download as jpg files: cover - article (in English) or cover - article (in Arabic) ]

1 March 2003 - York University, ADIAS collaborative study (Source: Capital Letter Vol.4 Issue 4 Spring 2003, page 6 - British Business Group Abu Dhabi magazine) [ download as jpg files: cover page - page 6 ]

1 April 2003 - Paléontologie - Jolie défense - read an article written by Bernadette Arnaud which appeared in the French popular science magazine Sciences et Avenir No. 674, April 2003 - page 13.

1 July 2003 - Giant tusk found in desert - read an article which appeared in the spring/summer 2003 edition of Grapevine, the Alumni magazine of the University of York.

18 October 2003 - When Rivers ran through Ancient Arabia by Patricia Groves and Windows that Open to the Past by Aruna Shaji (Source: Oman Observer)

1 December 2003 - "More help from TAKREER - More work on fossil finds" - Read an article in TAKREER News Issue No. 49 - December 2003 about how TAKREER has sponsored the work carried out on fossils at the Ruwais site [ download entire newsletter (pdf 1.18 MB) - english version - arabic version - or download just the relevant pages as jpeg image files english version - arabic version ]

22 February 2004 - Abu Dhabi to hold exhibition of fossil finds (Source: Gulf News).

23 February 2004 - Giant elephants in the UAE (Source: Gulf Times - Features Supplement - Qatar)

22 April 2004 - Got a Gomphotherium - page1 and continued on page 6 (Source: Arab Times)

1 May 2004 - Elephant fossils to be displayed (Source: Khaleej Times)
[N.B. the same story is also repeated on the ERWDA website]

22 May 2004 - 6-8 million year old fossils to go on display (Source: Emirates News Agency - WAM)

23 May 2004

(Source: Al Bayan)

(Source: Al Fajr)

(Source: Al Ittihad)

(Source: Al Khaleej)

(Source: Al Wahda)

Remains of ancient tuskers on display (Source: Gulf News)

Six-million-year-old fossils to go on show - [ scanned version with picture ] (Source: Gulf Today)

6 to 8 million years old fossils to go on display - [ scanned version with picture ] (Source: Khaleej Times)

Publications



Beech, M. and P. Hellyer (eds.). 2005. Abu Dhabi 8 Million Years Ago - Late Miocene Fossils from the Western Region. Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (ADIAS): Dar Al Fajr Printing Press, Abu Dhabi, UAE. 68 pages; 73 figures, maps, plans, drawings, photographs. ISBN 9948-03-188-1.

Beech, M. and W. Higgs. 2005. A New Late Miocene Fossil Site In Ruwais, Western Region of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In: P. Hellyer and M. Ziolkowski (eds.), Emirates Heritage Vol. 1 - Proceedings of the 1st Annual Symposium on Recent Palaeontological and Archaeological Discoveries in the Emirates, Al Ain. Zayed Centre for Heritage and History, Al Ain. pp.6-21. ISBN 9948-06-130-6.
[ to download this article in Acrobat .pdf format click here (1.8 MB) ] .

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